Turas Siar 425 - Micheál Mac Graith as Cill Ghallagáin, go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam, faoi agallamh ag Caitlín Ní Chonghóile as Ceathrú na gCloch.
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Micheál Mac Graith is identified in the title as being from Cill Ghallagáin, a part of the Erris region. The use of local dialect markers and his age group is inferred from the context of the conversation.
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Bhoil níor cheapas agus ní raibh creidim ach bhí níos mó againn a bhí a bhí againn sa mbaile.
Well, I didn't think so and I didn't believe it but we had more than we had at home.
Bhí sé bhí bhí muintir an bhaile, bhí siad ag íoc neart airgid le airgead measartha nua.
He was, he was, he was the people of the town, they were paying plenty of money for fairly new money.
Cén aois a bhí tú ansin nuair a théann tú abhaile agus d'fhan tú sa mbaile, mar a déarfá?
What age were you then when you go home and you stayed at home, as you would say?
'Sin scéal nach mbeinn ann anois ach d'fhan muid, d'fhan muid ansin anyways, bhí muid sé nó seacht de mhíosaí leis an mháthair ag mná ocht mí.
That’s a story that I wouldn’t be here now but we stayed, we stayed there anyway, we were six or seven months with the mother at women eight months..
Muid abhaile ansin agus scaitheamh an bhliain dár gcionn ansin chuaigh muid anonn Gonzóc.
We were home then and after spending the following year there, we went over to Gonzóc.
Agus chaith muid chuaigh muid á tí de shéasúir ansin.
And we spent, we went to her house for seasons then..
Cé acu ab fhearr leat a bheith ar an méid sin é a bheith ar an fataí?
Which would you prefer, to be on that or to be on the potatoes?
Bhfaighidh mé níos mó airgid le haghaidh an Vet.
I will get more money for the vet.